![]() ![]() She heard some sounds on the stairs earlier but just assumed she was hearing things. She can’t quite put her finger on it, but she feels like she’s being watched. The kids are good and fall asleep early, but as the night goes on, something seems off. She’s excited because the kids seem well-behaved, it pays well, and the family has a large home that she loves the idea of hanging out in after the kids fall asleep.Īs her first night of babysitting starts, everything seems fine. This story begins when a babysitter is offered a great new babysitting job. When they finally park the car and get out, they see a large hook hanging from the passenger side door handle. The other, unafraid and annoyed their date is over, decides to start the car and drive away. One of them is terrified by the sound and insists they leave. That’s when they start to hear a noise that sounds like it’s coming from the back of their car. A few friends even message them, telling them to stay safe. A few moments later, they both notice lots of people posting online about a killer with a hook hand running loose in their area. While they’re hanging out, they start to hear a strange sound in the woods. In this story, a new couple spends some alone time together, in a parked car, located in a dark, remote location. When they explain the strange occurrence, the woman visibly tenses up and tells them that her daughter had died on that road a few years prior. Confused, they pull over at the house and decide to knock on the door anyway. When they approach the address, they turn around to discover the woman isn’t in the backseat. As they pull back onto the road in increasing darkness, they punch the address into their phone and begin the short drive to her destination. ![]() Hair in her face, her voice soft and distant, she thanks them and quietly gets in the backseat while uttering an address. Slightly reluctant, they agree that she looks harmless and pull over to offer her a ride. They notice a young woman on the side of the road, thumb raised, looking visibly upset. Here are three stories to get you started:Īlso known as the Vanishing Hitchhiker, this story begins with a couple driving home just after sunset. This might mean setting the story in a location near where you tell it, adding additional elements to the story to bring it to life, or updating details to give it a more relatable context. ![]() If you choose a story that already exists, like an urban legend, try to include details that make it more vivid for your audience. You can either pick an existing story or create your own. That’s when you deliver the scare! This final scare can be an actual jump scare or a detail that makes the ghost story hit home… To tell a good campfire ghost story, you need to know how to build a simple story, garnishing it with just the right amount of detail, until you have the audience right where you want them. The power of campfire ghost stories is in their slow, purposeful delivery and how authentic they are for your listeners. The heightened awareness we gain by sitting around a fire is perfect for slowly building suspense as a storyteller. ![]() Since you might be in this position soon, we’ll prepare you with three well-known stories and some essential scary storytelling tips! The growing cacophony of the night becomes the perfect background soundscape for telling spine-chilling ghost stories. We huddle close with family and friends, as the orange glow dances across our faces. Sitting around a fire is a primal experience. Summer evenings mean outdoor fun, campfires, and yes, ghost stories.Īs long summer days end and the shadows grow darker, campfires, bonfires, and fire tables carry our evenings into darkness. ![]()
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